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Originally Posted by Dean Romig
Steve, first let me say "Welcome to the PGCA!" 
Your SC's engraving is very similar to the engraving on a lot of the other SC's we see.
I'm surprised it came out as well as it did, considering the fine rust and 0000 steel wool.... Very Nice! |
Thank you very much.
If you look closely you can see some scaring caused by the rust. Looks like the gun had smallpox. I worked very slowly not wanting to remove the case colors, which are pretty bright. 40%? Liquid Wrench does a pretty good job of penetrating the rust and lifting it off. The steel wool just brushes it away.
I have the original Silvers pad, which was smashed flat and flaking away. The replacement Silvers pad must look like the old one, when it was new.
Beaver tail forearm must be a replacement. I read that Parker did that, and I've seen splinter forearms on SBT guns. Nor do the wood colors match very well. Way off actually.
Not sure what to do about the chip missing from along side the lower tang. It's almost 2" long, but it's not that wide, so I think I'll let it be. It is an old gun after all.
SM